"T" Word Origins

tranquilize

Origin

From Middle French tranquiliser. Analyzable as tranquil + -ize.

tranquilizer

Origin

From tranquilize + -er.

tranquillity

Latin

From "tranquil" plus the suffix "-ity," tracing back through Old French to the Latin "tranquillitas."

trans

Latin

Borrowed from Latin "trans," meaning "across" or "on the other side of."

transaction

Late Latin

From Middle French "transaction," ultimately from Late Latin "transactio," built from "trans-" plus "action."

transatlantic

Origin

Formed from "trans-" ("across") plus "Atlantic."

transceiver

Origin

A blend of "transmitter" and "receiver."

transcend

Latin

From Old French "transcender," from Latin "transcendere" — "to climb over or surpass," from "trans-" ("across") plus "scandere" ("to climb").

transcendence

Origin

Formed from "transcend" plus the noun-forming suffix "-ence."

transcendency

Origin

From transcend + -ency.

transcendent

Latin

From "transcend" plus "-ent," or borrowed directly from Latin "transcendens."

transcendental

Medieval Latin

A learned borrowing via Medieval Latin "transcendentalis," from Latin "transcendens" ("surpassing").

transcontinental

Origin

Formed from "trans-" ("across") plus "continental."

transcribe

Latin

From Latin transcribere, from trans- 'across' and scribere 'to write'.

transcript

Latin

From Latin "transcriptum," from "transcribere" ("to copy out").

transcription

Latin

From Middle French "transcription," ultimately from Latin "transcriptio."

transducer

Origin

1924, Latin trānsdūcō + -er. By surface analysis, transduce + -er.

transelement

Origin

From trans- + element.

transfeminine

Origin

From trans- + feminine.

transfer

Latin

From Latin "transferre" — "to carry across" — from "trans-" plus "ferre" ("to carry"). A distant relative of "translate."

transfigurate

Origin

From Middle English transfigurate, from Latin transfigūrātus, past participle of transfigūrāre.

transfiguration

Origin

From Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.

transfigure

Origin

From Old French transfigurer.

transfix

Origin

From Middle French transfixer, from Old French transfixer, from Latin transfigō (“to pierce through”), from trans- (“through”) + figō (“to pierce”).

transform

Latin

From Old French "transformer," from Latin "transformare" — "trans-" ("across") plus "forma" ("form").

transformation

Latin

From Middle French, ultimately from Ecclesiastical Latin "transformatio"; built from "transform" plus "-ation."

transformative

Medieval Latin

From Medieval Latin "transformativus," ultimately from Latin "transformare" ("to transform").

Transformer

Origin

From "transformer" — literally "something that transforms."

transformerless

Origin

From transformer + -less.

transfuse

Origin

From trans- + fusus, past participle of fundō (“to pour, to melt”). By surface analysis, trans- + fuse.

transfusion

Latin

Borrowed from Latin "transfusio," from "transfundere" ("to pour across").

transgender

Origin

Formed from "trans-" plus "gender," modelled on the earlier word "transsexual."

transgress

Origin

From Middle English transgressen, from Old French transgresser and Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredior.

transgression

Latin

From Old French "transgression," ultimately from Latin "transgressus" ("stepped across").

transgressor

Origin

From Middle English transgressour, from Anglo-Norman transgressour, from Latin transgressor. Equivalent to transgress + -or.

transience

Origin

From transient + -ence.

transient

Late Latin

From Late Latin "transiens," present participle of "transire" ("to pass over").

transigent

Origin

Back-formation from intransigent.

transistor

Origin · 1947

A blend of "transfer" and "resistor," coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947.

transit

Latin

From French, ultimately from Latin "transire" — "trans-" ("across") plus "ire" ("to go").

transition

Latin

From Middle French "transition," from Latin "transitio," built from "transit" plus "-ion."

transitional

Origin

Formed from "transition" plus "-al."

transitive

Origin

From Latin trānsitīvus, from trānsitus, from trāns (“across”) + itus, from eō (“to go”).

transitory

Origin

From Middle French transitoire, from Old French, from Latin trānsitōrius.

translate

Latin

From Anglo-Norman "translater," from Latin "translatus," the past participle of "transferre." A distant relative of "transfer."

translation

Latin

From Anglo-Norman "translacioun," ultimately from Latin "translatio," from "transferre."

translator

Latin

From Latin "translator," from "translatus" ("carried across"), from "transferre."

transliterate

Origin

From Latin transliterātum, past participle of transliterō, from trans (“across”) + literō , from littera (“letter”).